After five years of a cold marriage, I can no longer hide the child I secretly gave birth to.

The boss shook his head as he watched them walk away.

If he really is that girl's husband, I hope he will treat her well. He just saw that girl crying so sadly.

As Zhou Yanci stepped out of the tavern, he looked down and was greeted by the woman's mellow, alcoholic scent; her cheeks were rosy.

Her delicate and charming face nestled against his chest.

Five years ago that night, she was just as soft and sweet as a snow pear, deeply stirring his heartstrings.

He paused for a few seconds, walked to the car, gently placed her in the passenger seat, bent down, cupped the woman's face in his hands, and asked, "Xu Daikui, are you really drunk?"

It must be true, otherwise she would have slapped me long ago if she saw me hugging her like this.

The woman frowned and sobbed, offering no reply.

He couldn't help but bury his breath in her neck, where the warmth pressed against his cold face.

"Shall I take you home?"

He said softly, "Don't blame me for waking up."

He glanced at her for a moment, then fastened her seatbelt and drove to their marital home.

Although Xu Daikui was filled with disgust for that bridal chamber and even sold it in a hurry, and the two of them had never spent a night together there, she wanted it to end, and they should at least go back and take a look together.

Perhaps after seeing this, she wouldn't be so determined to get a divorce.

The car drove smoothly all the way. He turned on the heater and reclined the seat to make the woman as comfortable as possible.

Upon arriving at Yushui Bay, he parked the car in the courtyard, got out, and embraced the woman.

This time, the woman suddenly buried her head deeply in his neck, and soft sobs could be heard.

"Zhou Yanci, why don't you want me?"

"I miss you, I miss you so much..."

Then, wet tears fell onto his collarbone, sliding down his chest along the lines of his skin, and his heart felt as if it had been pierced by a sharp blade.

"What did you say?"

He held her in his arms. "Xu Daikui, can you see clearly who I am?"

She misses him?

Did he hear that right?

He held the woman tightly, their breaths mingling.

"Xu Daikui, let's love each other again, okay?"

His devout plea.

His only response was silence.

The woman was probably not sleeping comfortably, as a soft snore could be heard.

Zhou Yanci then came to his senses and hurriedly carried her into the bridal chamber.

I placed her on the clean, large bed and covered her with a blanket.

He gazed at her intently for a moment, then looked up at the wedding photo on the wall.

The man and woman were handsome and beautiful, with curved eyebrows and eyes, and they were smiling happily.

He stood up, his long, slender fingers stroking the woman in the photo. She was gentle and innocent, with pure eyes. She loved him back then, and his intuition was correct.

He gently stroked it for a moment, then opened the cabinet next to him. He remembered that there was a diary inside.

It belongs to Xu Daikui.

He had seen it before.

But now it's completely empty.

Did she destroy it?

What I wrote in the diary is completely different from what I wrote in the stars.

"Xu Daikui, why are your thoughts so unpredictable?"

He stood by the bedside, gazing at her for a long time.

It felt like an eternity before he finally turned and left.

*

An hour later, Xu Daikui woke up.

Her throat was parched and her head was spinning. She blinked hard before she could see where she was.

How did I end up here?

She was terrified and quickly got out of bed.

After recalling the moment she passed out drunk, she realized that the scene before she finally became intoxicated was not a hallucination at all.

Zhou Yanci has really arrived.

She shook her head vigorously. Could she have said something she shouldn't have while drunk?

Her brows furrowed as she got out of bed to put on her shoes. Just as she stood up, Zhou Yanci entered the room carrying a bowl of hangover soup.

Their eyes met, and the man slightly curved his lips into a smile. "How was it feeling to go out and drown your sorrows alone?"

Xu Daikui was so heartbroken that she thought of drowning her sorrows in alcohol.

But why did they encounter Zhou Yanci?

She lowered her head in embarrassment.

"Thank you for bringing me back."

Xu Daikui pursed her lips, said something, and then walked towards the door.

The moment his hand touched the handle, Zhou Yanci's indifferent voice rang out.

"Don't you want to know why this wedding home is in my hands?"

Xu Daikui had already anticipated this the moment she opened her eyes and saw the room clearly.

The buyer named Mu En must know Zhou Yanci, but Mu En might just be an excuse.

This house was actually what Zhou Yanci wanted.

She couldn't understand why he would give it to her if he wanted it.

He gave it to me, then secretly bought it back.

She certainly didn't think that he liked her, which was why he was reluctant to part with the house.

After all, the mistress of this place will soon be replaced.

She said calmly, "I don't care. Zhou Yanci, this house was given to me willingly, and you bought it back for 20 million yuan willingly. It's all clearly written in our contract. I won't refund a single penny of that money to you."

Zhou Yanci chuckled lightly, "You think I want money from you?"

"Then what do you want with me here?"

Just as Zhou Yanci was about to reply, his phone rang. It was a divorce agreement sent by Ji Yanmin.

[Mr. Zhou, the divorce agreement has been drafted, and I have also listed the property division as you instructed. Please review it.]

He opened the document and looked at the glaring reasons for divorce on the divorce agreement:

The couple's relationship had broken down, and they voluntarily agreed to divorce.

His heart pounded with anxiety.

He doesn't acknowledge these things.

He was unwilling to accept it in the first place.

He pursed his dry lips and looked at Xu Daikui's indifferent back. "I brought you here so you could see this place. The elders say that seeing a place evokes memories. I wanted you to see our wedding photos and think about the joy we felt on the day we took them, so we wouldn't divorce so hastily."

Xu Daikui tightened her grip on the doorknob slightly, a sharp pain shooting through her heart.

She didn't understand. Was it because she hadn't explained herself clearly enough?

Why is he still fixated on not getting a divorce?

If they don't get a divorce, what will happen to Xu Jiaojiao?

If she doesn't get a divorce, what does all the neglect she's suffered in the past matter?

She gave a sarcastic laugh, and as she turned back, her face was calm and indifferent. "It's just a wedding photo. I can take one with anyone. Zhou Yanci, if you don't love me, you don't love me anymore. I've fallen in love with someone else, and we even have a child together. I've told you this so many times. Please, can you please stop bothering me?"

Zhou Yanci looked at her silently, his heartstrings pierced by her indifference. "No."

"Xu Daikui, you provoked me first. Now you say you don't love me anymore, why should I agree?"

provoke?

Xu Daikui bit her lip, and then, as if remembering something, she looked at the man and clarified, word by word, "I didn't put the drug in the red wine back then."

"Zhou Yanci, I swear on my life that I did not drug you. I am also a victim of that incident. Or we can look for the surveillance footage from that day. If all else fails, we can look for all the classmates who were present that year. There are more than forty people in the class. Someone can prove that I did not drug you. Someone can give me justice."

"After so many years of friendship, you may not love me anymore, but don't treat me as worthless. I don't want to use such dirty methods to bind you."

As she spoke, she became completely emotional, her eyelashes glistening with moisture.

Although she loved him, she wasn't without self-respect and shame.

If he insists on holding onto this issue because of it, she is willing to prove him at all costs.

Even if she makes a complete fool of herself and has to confront all her former classmates one by one, she's willing to do it.